Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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do not r. each other’s mail, 1531
if persecuted it will be generally r., 170
more one sees we have to r., 1581
my eyes out and can’t read half enough, 1581
what he pleases, 170
to defend ourselves, 409
about one’s failings 1522
more and enjoying it less, 1520
more one r., 1581
I believe I am r., 907
most r. things in the world, 1660
shape r. events in a r. world, 622
believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run, 868
escape from painful r., 580
[dreams] will begin to take on flesh and r., 621
face r., 1836
he who gives in friendship’s name shall r. what he has spent, 684
a hundred harvests, 495
a single harvest, 495
Were we directed from Washington when to sow, & when to r., 728
in order to fight, 401
in order to parley, 401
and humanity over error and oppression, 1521
and right are swept aside by the rage of angry men, 1929
congenial with r., 738
Government is not r., 754
is left free to combat it [error of opinion], 1267
never has failed men, 680
progress of r., 1932
True law is right r., 1000
fellow, 256
cooler and more experienced r., 2094
art of r. becomes of first importance, 1283
two r. for what he does, 1582
never raise a r. cry, 4
so honourably conducted, 1623
we [the Ladies] are determined to foment a R., 2010
nothing is more r. than the passions and interests of men, 1456
give in the same measure as I have r., 1603
for political success, 1391
Happy Home R., 844
of affection, 1406
of arid public lands, 311
for his wit, 1175
[better] R. than dead, 128
social importance, 1261
social value, 1261
him year after year, 283
more cool and sedate r., 468
haven for r. movements, 326
that you may preserve, 1584
by showing him a new idea, 873
thinks he was ilicted because he was a r., 1583
who does not remember the past will find himself condemned to repeat it, 853
best r. the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves, 1585
of a scoundrel, 1306
point blank r., 1543
prefer a false promise to a flat r., 1543
if you r. you are sure to offend many, 1543
of color, creed, ancestry, sex or age, 729
of savages and wild beasts, 1986
that I have but one life, 1304
that which it subsidizes, 1587
goes too far it will be recognized as a taking, 1586
in America the President r. … and Journalism governs, 1524
in it [our national life], 768
negative r., 1589
dependence upon r. induces a spiritual and moral disintegration, 1984
and virtue alike lend their sanctions to meekness and humility, 253
free to profess and by argument maintain, their opinions in matters of r., 667
morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government, 55
of Christ, 207
opinions in politics and r., 1275
set one r. against another, 1482
without science is blind, 1662
See also Freedom of religion
nation of many nationalities, many races, many r., 1482
oppressed and persecuted of all Nations and R., 884
highest act of r. teaching—sacrifice, 1728
hot discussion on the merits of r. sects, 897
the Alamo, the Maine, and Pearl Harbor, 65
don’t have to r. what you have said, 1839
the Maine, 1910
minutely and precisely only the things which never really happened to us, 1174
reformer who does not r. the past, 853
the sabbath day, 1804
We must r., 225
in spite of ourselves, 1701
not for victories or defeats, 1753
perform something worthy to be r., 13
nothing more r.,… than truth, 584
with death, 373
with destiny, 1607
meet any new situation by r., 1539
who cannot remember the past are condemned to r. it, 1292
history r. itself, 574
of my death has been greatly exaggerated, 378
should ever lose the right to protect the confidentiality of their sources, 1522
elected spokesmen r. the Establishment, 1891
equal r. in one House, 1592
equal r. then proposed, 1597
is based on geographical boundaries, 1128
no voice, or R., 2010
proportionate r. based upon population, 1592
rights of r., 1590
choosing a r., 1428
happiness and glory of a r., 280
a man must learn to be a R., 301
of the people, 1496
of the people as a sentinel on the watch-tower of liberty, 307
of the whole society, 1757
value of the R. or Senator increases in proportion to his length of service, 301
worthy of you ought to be a person of stability, 1028
See also Congress; Legislator
chosen by the people to govern, 1364
here they act by their immediate r., 762
no special r., 1516
of all the people in the country control this one city, 1975
right of voting for r., 1906
See also Congress; Legislators
district that is best r., 283
force and r. have made the wrecks in the world, 680
people of America are ready to support r., 444
him with the very defect or vice … you feel … in yourself, 520
falls under one man’s yoke, 1598
for which it stands, 1363
government called a r., 425
if you can keep it, 1593
is a dream, 464
is his monument, 830
is in danger, 155
is the weal of the people, 946
leaders of the r., 1018
mass will hold together under the forms of a r., 1595
Model R., 45
monarchy gradually transforms itself into a r., 1598
needed to be passed through chastening … fires, 1594
no r. where there is no justice, 946
of the grave, 368
or a Monarchy, 1593
preserve a r. in vigor, 1337
saves the r., which is the first and supreme law, 926
a state in which sovereign power is invested in representatives, 1364
they died to save, 370
too small for a r., 1969
black, dyed in the wool R., 1599
change its [the Union’s] r. form, 1267
economy among the first and most important of r. virtues, 383
everything r. which was not monarchy, 1597
I will not be a R., 1385
no Democratic or R. way of cleaning the streets, 1383
proposition to my R. friends, 1387
such a good statement of the R. case that he wished it were his, 1386
as the sheet anchor of the colored man’s political hopes, 1601
however bad the R. p., 1600
refrain from telling any lies about the R. p., 1387
are for both the man and the dollar, 1068
come forward with programs, 801
some R. I would trust with anything, 1602
stop telling the truth about them, 1387
We are all r., 1596
are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens, 63
are not in and of themselves better than other forms of government, 671
fall, when the wise are banished, 63
which, having been formed with seeds of their own dissolution, now no longer exist, 716
are not above attacking methods and possibly my official r., 519
damage his r., 520
falls to pieces, 446
make a bonfire of your r., 1745
Seeking the bubble r., 1158
much is r., 1604
certain amount of ingenuity to r., 1374
steal from two, it’s r., 2077
history of r., 1080
[America’s] material r., 51
equal to its r., 1791
He smote the rock of the national r., 813
of our land, 13
steadily decreasing r., 811
See also Natural resources
in their business activities, 143
men aware of their grave trust and their great r., 1611
to the state, 1604
wake from slumber and face our r., 1609
give him some r. and he is going to amount to something, 83
I do not shrink from this r.—I welcome it, 661
in an ever-widening sphere for all that lives, 1101
is clear, 1902
Liberty means r., 1074
standard of r. which no government can possibly meet, 783
was the price every man must pay for freedom, 643
we owe not to our party or even to our constituents but to our individual consciences, 1381
what we mean is a sense of national r., 1311
worthy of our power and r., 662
for their conduct, 1500
people are r. for the acts of their government, 1346
in the midst of abundance, 86
vast r. of our society is needed, 1717
countless deaths and r., 1752
three thousand r., 1752
compulsory r., 1569
merit in calm r., 295
convert r. into advance, 599
enemy advances, we r., 1933
know when to r., 1185
No r., 1871
enemy r., we pursue, 1933
I shall r., 2059
not knowing when or whether ever I may r., 1497
I have r., 2061
were as tedious as go o’er, 114
first dreadful r., 46
streams of r. gushed forth, 813
fearlessness of r., 183
enough spark left in me to lead a mighty good r., 1892
as profound, as far-reaching, as exciting as that first r., 1617
democracy in order to have a r., 416
era of r., 1618
greatest r. of all, 182
in India, 202
in order to establish a democracy, 416
in the nature of an explosive political regeneration, 1613
new American r., 1617
of rising expectations, 182, 1618
peaceful r., 1617
peaceful r. impossible, 1616
redress, honored in tradition, is also r., 1614
support r. as long as it is done with a cultured voice and a handsome profile, 1389
violent r. inevitable, 1616
was in the minds of the people, 1619
salute you as fellow r., 1615
as science, 2025
idea, that tomorrow might be better, 182
unable to cope with r. situations, 442
descended from immigrants and r., 882